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1. CRESCENTIA, L.. 



Calyx 2-partite or 3-fid, deciduous. Corolla campannjate : limb unequally S^fid or anb- 

 entii-e. Stamens diiiynamous. Ooary 1-celled. Sligma 2-lamellate. Fruit indehiscent, 

 pulpy : seeds compressed, wingless.— Glabrous trees or shrubs ; leaves alternate or fascicled, 

 simple, entire; peduncles oflen arising from the trunk. 



I.e. Cujet^, L. Leaves spathulate, subsessile, cbartaoeous,y«m(;/«(^j calyx 2-partite; 

 corolla tiansversely plaited below: lobes dentate-undulate; fruit large, subalobose ; shell 

 hard.—Jacq. Amer. Pitt. t. 167 ; Tuss, Fl. 3. t. 19 ; Desc. Ft. 4. t. 244.— A. tree ; leaves 

 8"-l", variegated corolla 3"-2" long; fruit l'-2" diam,— Hab, Jamaica!, S. Kitts I, An- 

 tigua I and ail other islands ; [Cuba! and Mexico to Brazil!]. 



2. C. cucurbitina, L. Leaves ohovate-ohlong or oval-ohlong , shortly petioled or sub- 

 sessile, rigid, scattered ; calyx 2-partite ; corolla unequally 5rlobed ; fruit ovoid, with a 

 bluut point : shell bnttle.—Blum. M- Burin, t. 1 Q9 ; iesc. Fl. 3. t. 182. — A tree ; 

 leaves 10"-3", dusky^variegated corolla 2i", fruit 8" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Dist., 

 Wils., along the dry, rocky coast ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad (Sieb.) ; [Cuba ! to 

 Venezuela 1]. 



The poisonous C. lethifera, Tuss. (.fV, 4. t. 17), of Haiti, and perhaps other West Indian 

 islands, is distinguished by a 2,fid calyx, a wbitish corolla and its lin^b subentire : its syno- 

 nyms are the shrubby C. cucurhitina. Seem. Panam, !, and C, obovata, Bputh. {Sulph. t. 46). 



2, SCm/EGELTA, Miq., 



CaJyx tubukr, persistent. Corolla salver- shaped: lobes 5, sligbtly unequal. Stamens 

 didynaraous : anther-cells ovate or oblong, • diverging-peuduloiis. Ovary half-2-celled by 

 the introflexed carpophylls ; placentary dissepiment none. Stigma 2-kmellate. Fruit in-, 

 dehiscent, pulpy : seeds small, wingless. — Shrubby, rooting, glabrous climbers ; leaves op- 

 jiosite, simple, entire, leathery , taj^ering into a short petiole ; ^eiiceh ebracteolale ; calyx 

 coloured. 



* Corolla-,tube campanulate above the base. 



3. S. parasitica,, Mrs. Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, blunt ; fascicles few- 

 flowered, louger than the petioles, axillary or inserted into the bark ; pedicels cernuous,. 

 jointed above, 2-bracteolate above the base : hracteo|es minute, lanceolate ; ct^lyx shortly 

 campauulate, truncate, one-third to one-fourth as long as the corolla-tube; ooroUa-tube 

 campanulate: lobes roundish ; anther-cells ovate, \>\a<ii; "fruit globose: shell brittle." — 

 TaniEcium, Sw. — Leaves 6"-4" long, veiny beneath ; corolla crimson : tube 1" long ; fruit 

 "size of a small apple." — 'Hab. Jamaica!, Al., Pd., March, Wullschl,, rooting entrees; 

 [Cuba!]. 



4. S. axillaris, Gr. (n. sp.).. Leayes oval, rounded at the tqp ; fascicles axillary, few- 

 many-flowered, equalling the petiole : pedicels as long as tbe c^lyx, jointed above, 2xbracteo- 

 late below the middle: bracteolea minute, lanceolate, rigid; calyx shortly pampanulate, 

 broadly 3-crenate-2-lipped : lips one-third to oneTfonrth as long as their tube : superior 

 lip reniform-rounded, 2 inferior crenatures bluntly deltoid ; coroUartube campanulate : lobes 

 roundish; anther-cells ovate, blunt, — Nearly allied to tbe preceding, corolla apparently 

 smaller, but not yet fnll-growu in bur single specimen ; veiny leaves 6"— 3", pedicels 3'" long ; 

 stamens didynamous, with a fifth sterile filament : anther-cells diverging downwards ; stigma 

 narrowly 2-lamellate ; placcntse manyrovulatej alnqost toucbing each other with their dilate^ 

 border, but quite distinct iu the middle of the cell.^HAB. Dominica !, Jmr, 



** Carolltf-tvbe slender, cylindrical. 



. 5. S. violacfa, Gr. Leave? pllipticaUoblong or eUiptical, blnnt, dotted; petMaelsteT- 

 nate or single, in a shavt, terminal coryvib< not jointed, 2-bracteolate at the middle : brac- 

 teoles linear ; calux cylindrical, elongated, shBrt-ly 2-lij^ed, njore than half as long as the. 

 carolla-tube : lips minutely 2-3-dentate, oncTtourtb as long as their tube ; corolla-lobes 

 jovate-oblong : tnbe narrowly cylindrical ; anther^cells' linear-oblong, hlaat. — Jubl. t.''i^^. 

 Besleria, Auil.-'^S, lilscina, Miq. {Surin. t. 36 sin.), is perhaps a form with smaller flowers, . 



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